The concept of agents—entities that perceive, decide, and act—evolved from early AI pioneers like John McCarthy, Selfridge, and Marvin Minsky's Society of Mind framework, building toward the formal definition of artificial intelligence established in 1956.

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Frank Coyle

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the concept of an agent finally evolved, things that perceive and decide and then act

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Why Agentic Systems Need Ontologies — Frank Coyle, UC BerkeleyAI Engineer
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:57:54 PM

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